1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 24, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 239 PM EDT SAT SEP 24 2005 .SYNOPSIS...NOW A TROPICAL STORM...RITA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS. KLIX RADAR SHOWS GOOD COVERAGE OF RAINBANDS SETTING UP JUST WEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND EVEN SOME BANDING DEVELOPING OVER MOBILE. CLOSER TO HOME...WE HAVE ONE BAND MOVING OVER THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND CLIPPING OUR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES. THIS BAND COULD PUT DOWN SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES AND EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS. LARGE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MODELS TODAY AFTER FORECAST HOUR 36. THE NAM IS CLOSER THE THE CURRENT NHC FORECAST WHILE THE GFS FOR THREE RUNS IN A ROW HAS INDICATED THAT THE REMNANTS OF RITA WILL RACE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) IN THE SHORT TERM THE FORECAST IS BASICALLY STRAIGHT FORWARD. THE GFS IS INDICATING MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION THAN THE NAM. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS TODAY THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OUR ALABAMA COUNTIES. THOUGH ONCE THIS ONE BAND MOVES OUT OF THE AREA...THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD COVERAGE. EAST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...COVERAGE IS NON-EXISTENT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WITH GOOD HEATING COMMENCING...WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED...SO HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN GA AND BIG BEND OF FLA THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z. LOWS WILL AGAIN BE QUITE MUGGY AND IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. SUNDAY...AS RITA MOVES FURTHER INTO THE INTERIOR MID SOUTH AND BEGINS TO SLOW...OUR COVERAGE SHOULD LESSEN AS THE CIRCULATION IS SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY. I AM NOT A HUGE FAN OF THE HIGH GFS POPS AGAIN TOMORROW. IT PROBABLY IS REALLY CLOSE ACROSS MY WESTERN CWA...BUT NOT AT ALL EASTERN AREAS. HAVE SET UP A TIGHT GRADIENT AGAIN OF POPS WITH 50 PERCENT POPS PANHANDLE TO 10 PERCENT SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS IS A BLEND OF THE MET/MAV GUIDANCE. TEMPS WERE NOT CHANGED FROM YESTERDAY. MONDAY...HERE IS WHERE THE FORECAST BEGINS TO DIVERGE. I AM NOT WANTING TO FOLLOW THE GFS EXACTLY...HOWEVER I AM BEGINNING TO LEAN MY FORECAST IN THAT DIRECTION STARTING MONDAY. INSTEAD OF POPULATING DIRECTLY WITH GFS DATA...I HAVE DONE THE WIND GRIDS WITH A ETA-12/GFS BLEND FROM THE 12Z CYCLE. THIS HELPED SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF RITAS REMNANT CIRCULATION FROM APPROACHING MY AREA AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A BETTER WIND FIELD THAN JUST THE GFS GUIDANCE. IM LEANING TOWARD BUYING THE GFS PARTIALLY BECAUSE WITH THREE RUNS AGREEING ON THE QUICK PROGRESSION OF RITA...IT DOES GIVE IT SOME WEIGHT IN MY MIND. HOWEVER...I DONT THINK THE TROF OVER THE WESTERN US WILL AMPLIFY AS MUCH AS THE GFS IS INDICATING. IN FACT...THE 12Z GFS WAS NOT AS STRONG IN THE AMPLITUDE OF THE TROF AS IN THE PREVIOUS RUNS. NEVERTHELESS...THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE NEARLY ALL INDICATING A MOVEMENT TO THE EAST. THE ENSEMBLE MEAN HAS A TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH ALL THAT SAID...I HAVE A BLEND WEIGHTED SLIGHTLY MORE TOWARD THE GFS BUT I ALSO INCORPORATE THE DRIER MET/FWC GUIDANCE MEMBERS. THIS YIELDED A WEST TO EAST CONFIGURATION OF 30-20-10 PERCENT. TEMPS WILL BE WEIGHTED TOWARD A MET/MAV BLEND. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) AS DISCUSSED ABOVE...MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE EARLY PORTION OF THE LONG TERM FORECAST. LEANED THE FORECAST SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION...BUT NOT TOTALLY THERE YET AS THE BLEND OF THE NAM/GFS KEEPS THE REMNANT CIRCULATION FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM MY CWA. HOWEVER...OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THE GFS I HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY BEYOND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH THE REGION. THIS FRONT AND THE SHORT WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH IT...WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH COMPLETELY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE SET THE TIME FOR THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 06Z ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL SET POPS TO AROUND 30 PERCENT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING INTO FRIDAY. ENOUGH DRY AIR LOOKS TO BE IN PLACE BEHIND THE FRONT TO GIVE US NICE CONDITIONS LATE FRIDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. THE 12Z GFS IS INDICATING A WAVE MAY DEVELOP ON THE TAIL END OF THE FRONT IN THE GULF AS IT STALLS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. BUT...THIS IS A NEW FEATURE AND THE ONLY CHANGE I WILL MAKE TO THE GRIDS THAT FAR OUT IS JUST TO SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE DEWPOINTS AND CLOUD COVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS ON SATURDAY. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS ARE CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO DECREASE. HOWEVER...SEAS IN THE EASTERN LEGS WELL OFFSHORE ARE AT 7 FEET WITH THE WESTERN LEGS AT 9 FEET. WILL KEEP THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL LEGS FOR ONE MORE CYCLE. THE SCA WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO BE DROPPED FOR THE EASTERN LEGS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN IN THE WESTERN LEGS TOMORROW MORNING. DONT EXPECT TO SEE WINDS AND SEAS COME UP MUCH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD UNTIL WEDNESDAY AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF THE FRONT APPROACHING ON LATE THURSDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS. && .AVIATION... REMOVED CONVECTION FROM THE ABY AND VLD TAFS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER W...WE WILL SEE PREVAILING VFR CIGS. SCATTERED TS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBY. OVERNIGHT...WE WENT WITH A PERSISTENCE FORECAST WITH IFR/LIFR CIGS DEVELOPING AFTER 08Z AT ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT PFN. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRECLUDE VSBY RESTRICTIONS EVERYWHERE BUT VLD...WHERE MVFR WILL BE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TALLAHASSEE 73 90 70 90 / 20 20 10 20 PANAMA CITY 76 87 74 88 / 40 50 20 30 DOTHAN 72 87 71 88 / 40 40 20 30 ALBANY 72 90 70 90 / 20 20 10 20 VALDOSTA 71 91 68 90 / 10 10 10 10 CROSS CITY 71 90 69 90 / 10 10 05 10 && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...NONE. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL MARINE ZONES. PUBLIC/MARINE...GODSEY AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...WOOL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 600 AM EDT SAT SEP 24 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-251000- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 600 AM EDT SAT SEP 24 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS DUE TO THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF HURRICANE RITA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO RITA...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. .RIP CURRENTS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO THE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS GENERATED BY HURRICANE RITA. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER DURING THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 48-TURNAGE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A man drowned in heavy surf caused by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Reported by the Associated Press.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Walton | 2005-09-24 | 52 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5474597.